HC Deb 03 March 1924 vol 170 cc963-4
32. Mr. BAKER

asked the Prime Minister whether he will reverse the policy of previous Governments by drafting any new legislation in language which will be intelligible to the ordinary citizen?

The PRIME MINISTER

Any want of intelligibility in language in Bills in the past has been due to the complexity and intractibility of the subject dealt with more than to any policy on the part of Governments. I should be glad if intelligibility to the ordinary citizen were more consonant with legal intricacies.